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Lehtamo, Sanna; Juuti, Kalle; Inkinen, Janna; Lavonen, Jari – International Journal of STEM Education, 2018
Background: There is a lack of students enrolling in upper secondary school physics courses. In addition, many students discontinue the physics track, causing a lack of applicants for university-level science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programmes. The aim of this research was to determine if it is possible to find a connection…
Descriptors: Physics, Secondary School Students, Regression (Statistics), Anxiety
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Maguire, Rebecca; Egan, Arlene; Hyland, Philip; Maguire, Phil – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
Student engagement is a key predictor of academic performance, persistence and retention in higher education. While many studies have identified how aspects of the college environment influence engagement, fewer have specifically focused on emotional intelligence (EI). In this study, we sought to explore whether EI could predict cognitive and/or…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Foreign Countries, Emotional Intelligence, Higher Education
Simon, Rebecca A.; Aulls, Mark W.; Dedic, Helena; Hubbard, Kyle; Hall, Nathan C. – Canadian Journal of Education, 2015
To address continually decreasing enrollment and rising attrition in post-secondary STEM degree (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) programs, particularly for women, the present study examines the utility of motivation and emotion variables to account for persistence and achievement in science in male and female students…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Academic Persistence, Student Motivation, Emotional Response